The Carboxyl Terminal Amino Acid Residues Glutamine276-Threonine277 Are Important for Actin Affinity of the Unacetylated Smooth α-Tropomyosin

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 531-536

  Cho, Young Joon ^a  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Actin affinity; Ala Ser dipeptide; Carboxyl terminal; Tropomyosin; Unacetylated

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001170891     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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